logo
episode-header-image
Feb 2023
30m 54s

Major Earthquakes Hit Turkey and Syria

BBC News
About this episode

Rescue operations are under way across much of southern Turkey and northern Syria after huge earthquakes have left thousands dead.

Kaled Jarkas joins us from Gaziantep, the Turkish epicentre of the tremors, as well as BBC international editor Jeremy Bowen, who gives the overview from London.

And Spectator political editor Katy Balls speaks to Adam and Chris, after getting the first interview with Liz Truss since her resignation as PM.

Today's episode was presented by Adam Fleming and was made by Tim Walklate with Chris Flynn, Cordelia Hemming and Daniel Wittenberg. The technical producer was Philip Bull. The editor was Damon Rose.

Up next
Yesterday
Iran War Q+A
We answer your questions about the US-Israel war with Iran.Adam and Chris are joined in the studio by Panorama film maker Jane Corbin and Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet to answer Newscasters questions. Have the US underestimated Iran? Will Keir Starmer’s approach w ... Show More
33m 22s
Mar 5
Has Keir Starmer's Iran Response Been Too Slow?
Today, Keir Starmer has defended his response to the Iran war and announced he will send four additional fighter jets to Qatar.Adam is joined by Jane Corbin, Panorama film maker; Lucy Fisher, Whitehall editor for the Financial Times, and Mikey Kay, military analyst for the Securi ... Show More
33m 5s
Mar 4
What’s Happening Inside Iran?
Today, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the US will strike deeper into Iran, but how has Iran responded to US-Israeli strikes so far? Adam is joined by Jane Corbin, Panorama Film Maker, and Siavash Ardalan, Senior Reporter for BBC World and BBC Persian, to discuss the Penta ... Show More
34m 34s
Recommended Episodes
Feb 2023
Why was the Turkey-Syria earthquake so bad?
The WHO have described last week's Turkey-Syria earthquake as one of Europe's worst natural disasters in the last 100 years. David Aaronovitch finds out why it was so deadly.Joining David Aaronovitch in The Briefing Room are:Stephen Hicks, Seismologist at University College Londo ... Show More
29m 9s
Feb 2023
'Where are you my love? We're looking for you': The aftermath of the Turkey-Syria earthquakes
Thousands of people have died after two devastating earthquakes caused widespread destruction in Turkey and Syria. As the World Health Organization warns casualties could exceed 20,000, aftershocks, freezing temperatures and damaged roads are hampering efforts to reach and rescue ... Show More
22m 12s
Feb 2023
Dispatch from northwest Syria
<p>US inflation declined in January though less than expected, Turkey’s president faces a backlash for an amnesty programme that forgave faults in millions of buildings, and humanitarian aid is finally reaching shell-shocked Syrians after last week’s earthquake.&nbsp;</p><br><p>< ... Show More
9m 40s
Jul 2022
Russia, Iran and Turkey
As the Russian president meets leaders of Iran and Turkey, the BBC’s former Moscow and diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall takes us through what this tells about Putin's remaining diplomatic friends. Vitaliy and Victoria catch up with a young soldier we first met in May who ... Show More
27m 21s
Feb 2023
Earthquake disaster: Has aid to Syria come too late?
The first UN convoy passed through a newly opened crossing into rebel-held Syria from Turkey on Tuesday, over a week after two earthquakes hit both countries. On the Sky News Daily podcast with Niall Paterson, our special correspondent Alex Crawford describes the situation in Syr ... Show More
22m 25s
Feb 2023
The Deadly Earthquake in Turkey and Syria
<p>On Monday, a giant 7.8-magnitude earthquake and an aftershock almost as big shook the earth in southern Turkey. The quakes sent ripples through neighboring countries, but the area along the Syrian-Turkish border was hit particularly hard.</p><p>Thousands of people have been ki ... Show More
24m 6s
Feb 2023
Землетрясение в Турции: репортаж из эпицентра
tail spinning
28m 2s
Jan 2024
Feuding, arrests, protests: Poland’s gripping political drama
Poland's president, Andrzej Duda, and the country's new prime minister, Donald Tusk, are locked in a power struggle that’s testing the very foundations of the state. Poland has gone through turmoil as the new government reverses changes made by its predecessor. As tens of thousan ... Show More
22m 32s